---
title: "Help-desk"
slug: "help-desk"
updated: 2024-11-15T18:30:20Z
published: 2024-11-15T18:30:20Z
canonical: "help.nexudus.com/help-desk"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.nexudus.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Help-desk

## What is the Help-desk?

The help-desk feature lets {{variable.customers}} ask for help by sending help requests through the {{variable.MembersPortal}}. 

You can consider it a built-in ticketing system that notifies you of their request and allows you to coordinate with your staff to provide quick and efficient help.

{{variable.Customers_CAP}} can send messages about things not working properly, ask questions about connecting to your network, or any other type of help they need.

You can [manage help requests](/docs/managing-help-desk-requests) from the {{variable.AdminPanel}}, attach images to your replies, and assign each request a priority level and a staff member to help. 

## Help-desk Departments

Help-desk requests can be organized into departments that work like categories to help you manage them as quickly and as efficiently as possible. When a {{variable.customer}} sends a help request, they'll have the option to choose a department based on the ones you've created. 

When they do so, all the staff members you've designated as department managers will receive a notification {{variable.OnTheAdminPanel}} and via email to alert them. If {{variable.customers}} don't select a department, all help-desk managers will receive the notification.

## Help-desk Priority Levels

Once you receive a help-desk request, you can assign a priority level to the request. This priority setting is designed to help you and your team make sure that the most urgent requests are handled first. All you need to do to assign a priority level to a help desk request is to click on the request, select a level, and click **Save changes** at the bottom of the page. 

![HelpDeskReply](https://cdn.document360.io/4f9a66c7-3dbb-4052-97d8-5439302e1512/Images/Documentation/HelpDeskReply.png){height="" width=""}
  
:::(Info) (**Priority** levels are only available on the {{variable.OnTheAdminPanel}}. All requests {{variable.customers}} send via the {{variable.MembersPortal}} are assigned a **Normal** priority by default.)
:::

## Help-desk Notifications

{{variable.Nexudus}} sends two types of help-desk notifications. 

### Admin Notifications 

These notifications are sent to {{variable.admins}} responsible for managing help-desk requests when you receive a help-desk request. This is any user who has the setting *Send a notification about new help-desk messages* set to YES. If a coworker assigned a department when they created the request, this notification goes to every manager of that department. You can assign managers to a department in the department's settings.

### Reply Notifications 

This notification is sent to customers whenever an {{variable.admin}} answers one of their help desk requests. {{variable.Customers_CAP}} can reply to this notification directly via email and their response is added to the help-desk request. You can customize this notification via {{variable.EmailTemplateEditor_Link}} {{variable.OnTheAdminPanel}}.